![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/biggest-crypto-exchange-binance-urges-new-industry-rules/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127630493_czmedgettyimages-1440212835.jpg&description=Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Binance head Changpeng "CZ" ZhaoThe head of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange has told global leaders new regulations are needed.Binance chief Changpeng Zhao was speaking at a conference in Bali, Indonesia, attended by heads of the G20 group of nations.The company has also announced plans for a recovery fund to help struggling crypto businesses.It follows the bankruptcy of the FTX exchange, which shook the industry and wiped billions off the crypto market.The failure of the rival exchange, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, has left many small investors with big losses."We're in a new industry, we've seen in the past week, things go crazy in the industry," Mr Zhao, known as CZ, said, according to the Reuters news agency. "We do need some regulations, we do need to do this properly, we do need to do this in a stable way."But crypto companies also had responsibilities, Mr Zhao said."The industry collectively has a role to protect consumers, to protect everybody. So it's not just regulators," he said.In many countries, crypto assets are lightly regulated compared with other financial sectors, with few protections for consumers.The UK government has previously announced plans to regulate stablecoins, which, as the name suggests, are designed to have a stable value linked to traditional currencies or assets such as goldMr Zhao said the recovery fund - for otherwise strong companies unable to find enough cash, or assets that can be easily converted into cash, to cover their immediate needs - would reduce the risk of "cascading negative effects" following FTX's bankruptcy.To reduce further cascading negative effects of FTX, Binance is forming an industry recovery fund, to help projects who are otherwise strong, but in a liquidity crisis. More details to come soon. In the meantime, please contact Binance Labs if you think you qualify. 1/2— CZ){kind=link}
The head of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange has told global leaders new regulations are needed.
Binance chief Changpeng Zhao was speaking at a conference in Bali, Indonesia, attended by heads of the G20 group of nations.
The company has also announced plans for a recovery fund to help struggling crypto businesses.
It follows the bankruptcy of the FTX exchange, which shook the industry and wiped billions off the crypto market.
The failure of the rival exchange, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, has left many small investors with big losses.